It has been a crazy few weeks. I have been at work on Saturdays and staying up late at night. It is just that an idea has caught my imagination and it is one of those things that just motivates me to do show up and come to work and get it done. It is good kind of work though. The kind that is inspired and really about someone else and not so much about me so maybe there will be a sneak preview coming up.

I bought MarioKart with mixed reactions. Maybe it is just that my screen is tiny but I was not completely impressed by the graphics. It is good fun none the less. The sound quality I thought was a bit disappointing.

I am completely blown away by the Lexus IS-F. If only there was a project that made it a bit more eco-friendly, I would so totally buy it. I know it costs a fortune but there is something about the car and the time for me that just feels right. I am still debating but I am very impressed by the quality to the point that I motivated my dad to buy a new car for himself. I actually signed me up for a test drive. I am not looking to buy a car this year but I think next year is probably a bit better time for a number of reasons but if only there was something that made it a bit eco-friendly I would absolutely buy it in a heartbeat.

Finally I am completely hooked on Ted.com and actually have a series of videos that I have to go through but I find myself visiting the site whenever I have some spare time and is enough daily dose of inspiration.

I finished another semester and right now on a bit of a break and over the summer I am taking it a bit easy with the courses. So there is this semi-pretentious bar near my house. I kinda like it (surprise?) mostly because the music is quite good. I was there after work one day to meet up with a friend but they cancelled last minute so I there alone and I opened my laptop and since I am in a very unique position right now with my career and personally I started writing down a few things to help me wade through and help with the thought process. I am not going to post all of it (it is personal and it helped immensely!) but just the bit that I thought are relevant here:

Traits I cherish
- Humility
- Optimism
- Patience
- Dedication
- Creativity
- Technical Excellence

Future
- Visual Design
- Music
- IDEO
- Design by numbers.
- System Interaction design.
- Compassionate leadership and Operational Excellence.
- Build something that has a lasting impact especially that is self-organizing.
- Distributed Systems.

Lessons learnt:
- Humility.
- Work hard. Discipline counts.
- Always see the best in people.
- Everyone deserves a second chance.
- PDCA.
- Impossible is nothing.
- Embrace change.
- Importance of being Earnest.
- What goes around comes around.
- Be kind. Be open. Be honest.
- No Fear. Truly.
- Fail quick fail often, learn quick learn often.
- Learning never ends.
- Let go. Let go of your mind and follow your heart.
- Love. Keep the innocence.
- Dream like you will live forever.

This will be updated soon enough with more details.